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1. The youngest ever Pope was only 10 years old.
2. If you multiply 111,111,111 by itself, the answer is 12,345,678,987,654,321.
3. The original colour of Coca-Cola was green.
4. A cat has more than double the amount of vertebrae in their spine than a human.
5. D'Artagnan was one of the original 'Three Musketeers'.
6. Diamond is the hardest naturally-occurring substance on earth.
7. Sherlock Holmes actually never said 'Elementary, my dear Watson'.
8. All Zebras are white with black stripes.
9. A man's heart beats faster than a woman's (on average).
10. Neanderthal's brains were bigger than ours (Homo Sapiens).
11. The first US President to visit China while in office was John F Kennedy.
12. Fingernails grow faster than toenails.
13. The first ship to use the 'SOS' signal was the Titanic.
14. The bones of a pigeon are so light that they weigh less than its feathers.
15. The shortest war in history lasted just over two hours.
16. Natural propane gas has no odor.
17. The machine used to measure blood pressure is called a Strigmomanometer.
18. The highest measurement possible on the Richter scale (earthquake force) is 10.
19. The exact middle of the year is June 28th.
20. The first speed limit for automobiles on a public road in a built-up area was 30 mph (not including the 'red flag' law).
21. The phrase 'the blind leading the blind' comes from the Bible.
22. All species of spiders don't get caught in their own webs because their legs have a special 'non-stick' fluid on them.
23. Celine Dion is one of fourteen children.
24. Emily Dickinson wrote more than 1,000 poems, but fewer than ten were published during her lifetime.
25. More than 1.5 million people die each year from malaria.
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